John Sherman Professions : Former American senator Born : May 10, 1823 Died : October 22, 1900 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by John Sherman If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life. John Sherman economic-inequality political kings It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun. John Sherman stuff fun We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it. John Sherman tax-day taxes people Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse. John Sherman climbing gears sometimes It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun. John Sherman climbing fun years Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever. John Sherman climbing would-be forever If a deal has what people view as good credit quality, where there are no concerns about the quality of the business, we see those deals getting done, those companies that have secular risks or other business risks that investors identify, people are just avoiding those at all costs. John Sherman company-news Given the illiquidity and volatility, we'd anticipate that LBO volumes in particular would probably be lower than in an otherwise functioning market. John Sherman technology People are willing to extend credit, even if it's at slightly higher yields or wider spreads, to good companies. John Sherman technology Fallout from the Fed raising rates is going to be greater in the high-yield bond market than in loans, because loans are floating rate and higher up in the capital structure. John Sherman company-news Similar Authors Albert Gallatin former-american-senator Alan Cranston former-american-senator Henry F. Ashurst former-american-senator George Murphy former-american-senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. former-american-senator Max Cleland former-american-senator All Authors
